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ROUGH DRAFT 09/20/00 identify any discrepancies with the approved Landscape /Screening Plan, and confirm the planting completion date. a) The security shall be retained for at least one year after the date the planting is completed. Prior to release of the security, the City shall inspect the site to verify compliance with the approved Landscape/Screening Plan. If non - compliance is found, the City may retain security to cover the cost of bringing the project into compliance. b) In no event shall the performance security be released before expiration of the one -year plant warranty period. V. LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS A. General Landscape Requirements 1. All exterior areas on the property not paved or designed as roads, parking, or storage must be landscaped with vegetation and other landscape elements, unless otherwise approved by the City. 2. The City encourages the planting of native species to the extent feasible. When using native vegetation, an effort should be made to arrange plants in a manner that reflects the plant layers (e.g. over -story, mid - story, and under -story) naturally found in association with the ecological prototype of the site as identified by the City. 3. Priority should be given to retaining healthy native vegetation existing on a development site. Where appropriate, re- establishment of native plant communities using plants native to the area is encouraged to foster bio- diversity and wildlife habitat. 4. On development sites that have been significantly disturbed through urbanization, farming, or other human activities, use of plants commonly associated with historic development periods of the immediate area is appropriate. -However, where opportunities, exist to restore native plant communities on these sites, an effort should be made to do so. B. General Screening Requirements 1. Screening is require in situations where obscuring views is necessary to minimize the potential negative impacts resulting from abutting different uses. 2. Visual buffering, rather than full screening, should be provided in situations where views are intended to be reduced while maintaining opportunities for surveillance (i.e. allowing eye level views). (See Section VI.D.3). 3. Screening required: a) Screening is required in multiple family, business, industrial, and certain special zoning districts (e.g. PSP, PDO) where the following uses are visible from public 6